Intelligent Systems Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game developer founded in December 1986. While independent, the company is closely affiliated with Nintendo and best known for developing the Fire Emblem, Paper Mario, WarioWare, and Wars series. Originally, the company was headquartered at the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, but later moved to a building near Nintendo's main headquarters in October 2013.